The Sound of Silence (USWNT)

The Call

*Victoria's POV*

I groaned as my alarm went off for school. I begrudgingly got up, knowing if I wanted to get a run in before school I had to get up now. I sat up, wiping at my bleary eyes. I saw the notification on my phone that I was getting a facetime call from both Allie and Steph. I grinned and hit accept, they hadn't had time to facetime me since the camp with their college classes, and I had really missed being able to actually see them.

I absentmindedly played with my soccer ball in my hands as I waited for the screen to load. I grinned when their faces replaced the dark screen a few seconds later.

"Heyo kid!! We miss you already!!" Steph pouted, Allie nodding in agreement. I smiled a little, and moved to put my ball carefully away on my shelf, being careful not to smudge Abby's writing.

"Hey wait!! What's that writing on your ball, it wasn't there before." Allie said, her and Steph both looking confused. Ah I had forgotten to tell them about nearly getting ran over by our idol.

I held the ball closer to the screen so that they could both read it, anxious and nervous to see their reactions. I could tell that they had both read it, because their eyes were bugging out of their sockets and their jaws were nearly on the ground.

"Wait, what?! How?! When?!" Steph and Allie both shouted, making me smile in amusement. I carefully set the ball on the makeshift display I had made for it on my shelf, and grabbed my notepad and a pen of paper.

"Well, I fell asleep on the bus, so the closest transfer to Buffalo I could get was Elma.."

Before I could write more, Allie interrupted me, her tone scolding. "That's like an hour walk, and it would have been getting dark!!" She said in a motherly tone, making Steph and I both roll my eyes.

"Geez calm down mother and let her tell us how she met the legend!" Steph said, earning a smack in the arm from Allie. I laughed silently as Steph pouted and rubbed her arm, Allie scowling at Steph, and then motioning for me to carry on.

"So I was walking past the Flash Stadium and I got distracted with so many thoughts, seeing so many happy groups of friends and families together and I got emotional for some reason, and I must have stepped into the street when my vision was blurred by the tears, because next thing I know a car was beeping at me, the lights right in front of my face, and the driver was yelling at me.

Steph and Allie froze, looking equal parts sad and worried, but they didn't comment, so I continued.

"But they must have noticed my tears because they apologized and asked if I was okay and I looked up, and it was Abby! She basically gave me no other choice than to get a ride home from her, and she basically said to keep my head up and made me promise her that I'd work hard so we'd see each other again on the Senior National Team." I wrote.

There was silence for a while, Steph and Allie's jaws still dropped. After what seemed like forever Steph shouted out "Damn! Sign me up for almost getting ran over by the best soccer player ever!!"

Allie shook her head and laughed as I just grinned at Steph's response. "That's amazing kiddo! And you better keep your promise! We can't be the 3 musketeers without you!!" Allie said in her Mom voice, her face stern, though her grin was starting to peek through.

"I promise Mom." I signed, since I had been able to set my tablet down.

Allie glared at me in faux anger as Steph laughed loudly.

"Well I wish we could talk more, but I know you want to run before school, so we'll let you go." Allie said.

I pouted, not wanting to stop talking to them,but I knew Allie was right. She usually was, though Steph and I would never tell her that.